The following are excerpts from Professor
Martin Fiebert's annotated bibliography of domestic violence at http://www.csulb.edu/~mfiebert/assault.htm
accessed on 11 August 2007:
Magdol, L., Moffitt, T. E., Caspi, A., Fagan, J., Newman, D. L., &
Silva, P. A. (1997). Gender differences in partner violence in a birth
cohort of 21 year Olds: bridging the gap between clinical and epidemiological
approaches. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 65, 68-78.
(Used CTS with a sample of 861 21 year Olds <436 men, 425 women>
in New Zealand. Physical violence perpetration
was reported during the previous 12 months by 37.2% of women and 21.8%
of men, with severe violence perpetration by women at 18.6% and men
at 5.7%.)
Here's another example:
Moffitt, T. E., Robins, R. W., & Caspi, A. (2001). A couples analysis
of partner abuse with implications for abuse-prevention policy. Criminology
& Public Policy, 1 (1), 5-36. (A representative longitudinal sample
of 360 young-adult couples in New Zealand completed a 13 item physical
abuse scale. Results reveal that 40% of males
and 50% of females had perpetrated at least one act of physical violence
toward their partners.)
And another one:
Fergusson, D. M., Horwood, L. J., & Ridder, E. M. (2005). Partner
violence and mental health outcomes in a New Zealand birth cohort. Journal
of Marriage and Family, 67, 1103-1119. (Examined extent of domestic
violence experience and perpetration in a sample of 828 <437 women,
391 men> young adults who were 25 years old. Subjects were part of
a long term longitudinal study and were administered the CTS2. Results
reveal that "there were more men exposed
to severe domestic violence than women" and that mild and
moderate rates were similar for men and women. Overall, 39.4% of women
and 30.9% of men reported perpetration scores of 3 or higher. Authors
report that men and women reported similar rates
of injury <3.9% for women vs. 3.3% for men>. In terms of
initiation of partner assaults, 34% of women and
12% of men reported initiating physical assaults.)
Another example:
Ehrensaft, M. K., Moffitt, T. E., & Caspi, A. (2004). Clinically
abusive relationships in an unselected birth cohort: men's and women's
participation and developmental antecedents. Journal of Abnormal Psychology,
113 (2), 258-270. (Assessed 980 individuals, ages 24-26, who were participants
in longitudinal study in New Zealand. Subjects were examined with the
CTS, the Partner Conflict Calendar, PCC, a measure of the consequences
of abuse and a variety of personality and psychopathology scales. Findings
reveal that 9% of the total sample, with an equal number of men and
women, were victims of clinical abuse in their relationships with partners.)
A further example:
Jackson, S. M., Cram, F. & Seymour, F. W. (2000). Violence and
sexual coercion in high school students' dating relationships. Journal
of Family Violence, 15, 23-36. (In a New Zealand sample of senior high
school students <200 women, 173 men> 21%
of women and 19% of men reported having been physically hurt by their
heterosexual dating partner.)
And yet another study:
Lewis, A. & Sarantakos, S. (2001). Domestic Violence and the male
victim. Nuance, #3. (Based on interviews with 48 men in Australia and
New Zealand, authors present findings that domestic violence by women
toward men exists, that the refusal to examine
the prevalence of this abuse is a "disempowerment" of men
and that official policy should be changed to provide help for abused
men.).
